Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of a new (aryl-SCN)n polymer: Polythiocyanatohydroquinone
作者:Gleb V. Baryshnikov、Rostislav L. Galagan、Ludmila P. Shepetun、Valentina A. Litvin、Boris F. Minaev
DOI:10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.04.040
日期:2015.9
In the present work we have demonstrated the first synthesis of the polythiocyanogen-like (aryl-SCN)(n) compound (polythiocyanatohydroquinone) from the initial 1,4-benzoquinone and NH4SCN reagents under the normal conditions in the glacial acetic acid medium. The synthesized amorphous polymer was characterized experimentally by the FT-IR and UV-vis spectroscopic methods accompanied with theoretical assignments by the density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations. The transmission electron microscopy and the XRD pattern analysis were used to indicate the amorphous structure of the synthesized polymer. The DFT geometry optimization of a number of oligomers (n = 4-8) permit us to predict the possible structure of polythiocyanatohydroquinone and to assign the observed bands in IR and UV-vis absorption spectra.It was found that the synthesized polythiocyanatohydroquinone powder has a complicated structure which can be represented as a branched polymer constructed from the mono- and doubly-SCN-substituted benzene-1,4-diol moieties. This new material demonstrates a good stabilizing effect in respect to colloidal solutions of Ag and Au nanoparticles. Additionally, polythiocyanatohydroquinone is predicted to be a promising candidate for creation of metal-containing composite materials. Its application as a framework for the Pt electrode closing is found very useful. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.